Brasier was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1905 and 1930. The firm began as Richard-Brasier in 1902, and became known as Chaigneau-Brasier in 1926.
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Origins
right|thumb|240px|Leon Thery, winner of the 1904 Gordon Bennett competition, driving a Richard-Brasier.
Charles-Henri Brasier worked briefly with Panhard and then for some years with Émile Mors before, at the age of 35, he set himself up as an automobile manufacturer on his own account. that the RFC's Quartermaster General, Brig.-Gen. Robert Brooke-Popham had to write: "When 1,170 [rpm] SE.5s are allotted, please issue any other 1,170 SE.5 in preference to a Brasier. Brasier engines will only be issued to squadrons when no other 1,170 is available."
After WWI
Following the outbreak of peace, production was resumed in 1919 with a 3404 cc model.
By 1920 Brasier were displaying two models in their high-profile show room, not far from the Place de la Concorde at the prestigious eastern end of the Champs-Élysées The smaller of these was a 4-cylinder 3,392 cc (18 CV/HP) engined car with a choice between two wheelbase lengths of either or . and powered by a 4-cylinder 2,062 cc (12 CV/HP) engine, set on a wheelbase of only . The currency had continued to lose value following the end of the war and this model was listed at 40,000 francs for a "Torpedo" bodied car and 45,000 francs for a "Conduite interieure" (two-box sedan/saloon/berline) version. The first car made by the new company was the TD-4, a 9 CV 4-cylinder model available as a tourer or saloon. In view of the severe economic downturn crystallised by the Wall Street crash of October 1929, the timing of this venture was unfortunate.